Celtic have backed on-loan Villa winger Aleksandar Tonev after he was suspended for seven matches for using “offensive, insulting and abusive language of a racist nature” against Aberdeen defender Shay Logan.

The 24-year-old Bulgarian, on loan from Aston Villa until the end of the season, was handed the hefty ban at a SFA disciplinary tribunal hearing at Hampden Park yesterday for the incident which took place on September 13.